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One of the features of teaching is the ability the teacher has to structure the lesson in different ways. These different arrangements have an affect on the learning opportunities students have in each lesson. For example, a teacher could organise a relay with two large teams or six small teams. The second arrangement would allow more involvement and practice opportunities.

One way of understanding the different ways of structuring the lesson is to think of them as "pedagogical models". I use this word to group together all the different teaching styles, strategies, structures, approaches and ideas that people promote to improve teaching. In this course, we will study broad models in particular:

> Writing in the 1960's and 1970's, Muska Mosston was able to explore different ways of teaching using his idea of "teaching style". For Mosston, the interesting dynamic in teaching was the decision making involved. By changing who got to make particular lessons, Mosston could describe a different teaching style. > > Here is a link to the [|Spectrum of learning styles website] > You can download a copy of Mosston and Ashworth's book from [|here] (great resource and free!) > The TPSR model was developed by Don Hellison in the 1980's as a way of working with troubled youth. In his view, phsycial activity was a perfect medium to teach young people how to responsible members of society. > > You can find the website dedicated to TPSR [|here] > Here are two NZ sites dedicated to the model; Onerahi Primary & [|Glenbrae School] > > Cooperative learning has a long history in education, with some of the earliest work done in the 1960's. Despite this, it has never enjoyed popularity in physcial education. The essence of cooperative learning is that people improve their learning by working with others. That is, they work together in a cooperative way because it improves and deepens their learning. It is not about teaching people to cooperate, it is about using the power of cooperation to facilitate learning. Here is a [|worksheet]explaining the basic concept Here are some [|Cooperative Learning Strategies] Websites on Cooperative learning: [|Learning strategies online] Some readings:
 * **// The spectrum of teaching styles //**
 * // **Teaching personal and social responsibility** //
 * //** Cooperative learning **//
 * [|Killen (2007) Using Cooperative Learning as a Teaching Strategy]
 * [|Dyson & Grineski Cooperative Learning Structures in PE]